PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bariga Marihuanich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Wotton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marihuanich comes to the cage accompanied by CANNABIS. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Marihuanich
vs
Wotton

175 cm
30
175 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

182 cm
24
180 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bariga Marihuanich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henry Wotton!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marihuanich closes the distance and clinches.
Wotton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wotton avoiding damage as Marihuanich throws knees to the body.
Marihuanich landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wotton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marihuanich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wotton is defending well for now.
Marihuanich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wotton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wotton is trying to break free.
Marihuanich tries to land knees in the clinch but Wotton avoids the damage to the body.
Marihuanich trying to land knees to the body.
Wotton takes an elbow to the temple.
Wotton is trying to force a seperation but Marihuanich has the dominant position.
Wotton avoiding damage as Marihuanich throws knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wotton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marihuanich missing with knees to the body.

Wotton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marihuanich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wotton with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Marihuanich closes the distance and clinches.
Marihuanich working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wotton is trying to break the clinch but Marihuanich has him pressed against the cage.

Wotton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marihuanich wants to clinch.

Marihuanich moves into the clinch successfully.
Wotton is trying to push Marihuanich away but Marihuanich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wotton tries to circle away but Marihuanich has him pinned against the cage.
Marihuanich tries to land knees in the clinch but Wotton avoids the damage to the body.
Marihuanich misses with a body punch.
Wotton is trying to break the clinch but Marihuanich has him pressed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wotton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wotton avoiding damage as Marihuanich throws knees to the body.
Marihuanich keeps control of Wotton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marihuanich putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wotton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Marihuanich tries to throw a body punch but Wotton avoids it by throwing Marihuanich back against the cage.
Marihuanich scores with a shot to the side of Wotton's head.
Wotton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marihuanich has him pressed against the cage.
Marihuanich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wotton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wotton is trying to break the clinch but Marihuanich is controlling him.
Wotton lands a knee to the head.
Wotton tries to break the clinch but Marihuanich is controlling the position.
Marihuanich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wotton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wotton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marihuanich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wotton avoiding damage as Marihuanich throws knees to the body.
Marihuanich prevents Wotton from breaking the clinch.

Wotton breaks from the clinch.
Marihuanich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wotton throws out a loose jab but Marihuanich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marihuanich wants to clinch.
Wotton keeps the fight on the outside.

Marihuanich has Wotton up against the cage in a clinch.
Wotton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wotton is trying to force a seperation but Marihuanich has the dominant position.
Wotton has had enough of the clinch but Marihuanich keeps him there for the moment.
Wotton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wotton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marihuanich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wotton blocks it with crossed arms.

Wotton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wotton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wotton swats away the attempt to clinch by Marihuanich.
Marihuanich has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Marihuanich there as he acknowledges the shot.
Marihuanich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wotton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marihuanich is looking to clinch but Wotton is avoiding it.
Marihuanich tries to clinch up.
Marihuanich throws a wild body kick that Wotton sees coming a mile off.
Marihuanich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marihuanich tries to clinch there but Wotton circles away.
Marihuanich misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich wants to clinch up but Wotton keeps it at a distance.
Wotton looks to land a left hand but Marihuanich moved out of range nicely.
Wotton circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Wotton to counter with a crisp jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Marihuanich moves to clinch but Wotton breaks away
and Wotton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Marihuanich closes the distance and clinches.
Marihuanich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wotton is defending well for now.
Marihuanich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wotton's efforts to push away.
Wotton is trying to break free.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wotton avoiding damage as Marihuanich throws knees to the body.

Wotton manages to break the clinch.
Marihuanich tries to clinch there but Wotton circles away.
Marihuanich moves in looking to clinch but Wotton pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bariga Marihuanich dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Marihuanich drops his hands momentarily and Wotton takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Marihuanich tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wotton counters with a nice body kick.
Marihuanich slips a straight right by Wotton.
Marihuanich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marihuanich tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wotton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marihuanich throws a combination that misses
and Wotton counters with a nice uppercut.
Marihuanich wants to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marihuanich lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wotton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Wotton breaks the clinch.
Marihuanich tries to clinch up
and Wotton counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wotton throws the left hand but Marihuanich avoids the punch easily.
Marihuanich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wotton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marihuanich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wotton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wotton might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Marihuanich pushes Wotton up against the cage in a clinch.
Marihuanich missing with knees to the body.
Marihuanich throws an elbow that misses.
Marihuanich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wotton.
Wotton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wotton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wotton blocks an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Wotton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wotton wants to break the clinch but can't.

Wotton breaks the clinch.
Wotton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marihuanich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marihuanich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wotton swats away the attempt to clinch by Marihuanich.
Marihuanich fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marihuanich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marihuanich is looking to clinch but Wotton is avoiding it.
Marihuanich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wotton.
Marihuanich tries to clinch but Wotton is having none of it.

Marihuanich clinches.

Wotton breaks the clinch.
Wotton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marihuanich is looking to clinch but Wotton is avoiding it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marihuanich tries to clinch there but Wotton circles away.
Marihuanich tries to clinch up.

Marihuanich moves into the clinch.
Marihuanich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wotton is defending well for now.
Marihuanich trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wotton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wotton is trying to push Marihuanich away but Marihuanich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Marihuanich tries to land knees in the clinch but Wotton avoids the damage to the body.
Wotton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marihuanich tries to land knees in the clinch but Wotton avoids the damage to the body.
Wotton wants to get back to striking at distance but Marihuanich won't allow it.

Wotton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marihuanich wants to clinch but Wotton slips to the side
and Wotton counters with a nice uppercut.
Marihuanich tries to clinch there but Wotton circles away.
Marihuanich wants to clinch
and Wotton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wotton throws a hook to the side of Marihuanich's head but Marihuanich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marihuanich moves in looking to clinch but Wotton pushes him off.
Marihuanich darts in trying to clinch
letting Wotton counter with a right hand.
Marihuanich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wotton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Henry Wotton seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich tries to clinch but Wotton moves out of range.
Wotton keeps the fight on the outside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wotton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marihuanich takes one to the chin there.
Marihuanich swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wotton counters with a nice uppercut.
Marihuanich slips under a jab from Wotton.
Marihuanich tries to close the distance and clinch but Wotton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marihuanich wants to clinch up but Wotton keeps it at a distance.
Wotton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marihuanich ducks right into an uppercut from Wotton.
Marihuanich tries to close the distance and clinch but Wotton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wotton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marihuanich.
Marihuanich tries to clinch
and Wotton counters with a stiff right hand.
Wotton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marihuanich misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Henry Wotton will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Marihuanich wants to clinch up but Wotton keeps it at a distance.
Marihuanich wants to clinch but Wotton slips to the side
and Marihuanich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wotton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marihuanich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wotton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marihuanich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wotton keeps the fight on the outside.
Wotton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marihuanich fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Wotton misses.

Marihuanich gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Marihuanich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wotton avoids it.
Marihuanich missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wotton.
Wotton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wotton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wotton tries to break free but Marihuanich pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wotton takes an elbow to the temple.
Wotton blocks an elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Marihuanich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wotton is defending well for now.
Marihuanich scores a nice knee to the body.
Wotton avoiding damage as Marihuanich throws knees to the body.

Wotton breaks the clinch.
Wotton throws a shot from downtown. Marihuanich moves away and avoids it.
Marihuanich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wotton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marihuanich takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wotton throws out a loose jab but Marihuanich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bariga Marihuanich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wotton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Marihuanich moves into the clinch.
Marihuanich missing with knees to the body.
Wotton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marihuanich throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wotton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Wotton breaks the clinch.
Wotton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marihuanich is looking to clinch but Wotton is avoiding it.
Wotton swats away the attempt to clinch by Marihuanich.
Marihuanich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wotton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marihuanich tries to clinch up but Wotton circles away and keeps his distance.
Wotton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marihuanich darts in trying to clinch
and Wotton counters with a stiff right hand.
Marihuanich tries to clinch up.
Marihuanich fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marihuanich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marihuanich doesn't manage to clinch there - Wotton circles away.
Marihuanich drops his hands momentarily and Wotton takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Marihuanich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wotton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marihuanich tries to clinch
and Wotton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Bariga Marihuanich has been cut.
A jab from Wotton misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marihuanich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wotton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marihuanich doesn't manage to clinch there - Wotton circles away.

Marihuanich clinches with his opponent.
Marihuanich has Wotton pressed against the cage, preventing Wotton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marihuanich tries to land knees in the clinch but Wotton avoids the damage to the body.
Bariga Marihuanich has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Marihuanich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wotton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wotton has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Wotton cracks Marihuanich with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Wotton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Wotton misses.
Marihuanich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Wotton misses its intended target.
Marihuanich walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wotton.
Wotton moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wotton keeps Marihuanich at a distance using the push kick.
Marihuanich slips under a jab.
Wotton scores with the left hand. Marihuanich knows he should have avoided that one.
Marihuanich is looking to clinch.
Wotton throws the left hand but Marihuanich avoids the punch easily.
Wotton keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wotton throws a hook to the side of Marihuanich's head but Marihuanich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wotton lands with a cross.
Marihuanich moves to clinch but Wotton breaks away
letting Wotton counter with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Wotton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wotton has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Wotton!
After the big win, Henry Wotton made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========# and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.